Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-11
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OSrL "a the lNGTGS- ACQUalDt&DCG-a state
# mat aTs that W&S certain to lesd 20
combinations.
"A fc-ual invitation 10 dinner at he
Tall s0ll came row, and Melauie was
forced ov her uncle to accept it. Indeed
sl- ha5 10 zeal ressOn, outwardly, for re
fusing, but TO Ter It was intensely Obnoxi-
Gus, ell the more SO perhaps because
Montague LJnsddie was there, and that
there mad been sotae close correspondence
aaSeiY between Rose COtts9e and Chilling
ton PARK; and this she knew could only
refer TO designs against the peace of her
sell ana her harCe.
TIE inyitauopi included Reginald and
even Dick; but both declined; the for
mer becQuse he could not bring himself
to see Amy who vas to be present with
PreF psTen1a9 art Musgraye together; and
the latter because he and BingO had lately
''come 10 g-ietn and been in dire dis
grace With me R3vans5ourne keepers, es-
peCially stree ne had recciy "a that IN
lucky gIt from Montague LOnsdale, q
iOwling- piece, which Dick carried about
loaded, in wsy which had nearly been
he death OF more than one of Her Maies-
Tvs lICgss
ST. Edsc0 sent the carriage for Mela-
lie aud her uncle, who appreciated this
&c. Oi attention greatly, while old DR..
sud Mrs. Breudon, with their daughter,
! were left to make their way as they might
| 70 RAveusbourne hail, which was IN
doustedIys place Of beauty. The trim
| strawberries, the brilliant f0Wer-beds,
! the TosaTils, the e herald lawn, the OLD
/ iiSh-pOud, gaaTGcd by i stone oaIUstrade,
/ with graceful evans and white water
/ lilies floating ON It's dark bosom, the
/ stately pesCocRs, with their resplentent
/ tails spresd out in the sunshine on the
/ paved terrace, Lhe stone vases, full Of
! lovely flowers, and over ail, on its knoll
the stately facade Of the hall itself, slI
| seemed TO speak Of wealth, rank and lux
dry, which left far, far in the distance,
! the straw-rOOied bungalow OF poor Mon
| tGGue L9usdaie, II remote Indian Csn-
torsntnt
T .Such thoughts naturally occurred, while
he glaTed at &elanie and then surveyed
again the mansion, "this is indeed one of
! 'tEe ancestral homes of England Here
] you may learn What ancestral means. |
, feel, SIS 81 EGglishman, that for such g
! home as this one might struggle, fl Lht,
! and die
"But not sell ones self, uncle" inter
rupted Melsnie, quietly, ana receiving,
behind her fsn, very dark look indeed.
From mending gloves, re-fashloning
dresses, Il0tting and planning to make g
sovereign 20 the length OF two, the aspect
| OF all around her ST RavenSbourne, Where
the carriage drew up 81 the stately per
ron, and a powdered valet put down the
steps, certainly was relief IN one sense,
but no temptation, to Melanie Talbot.
nv !, -. ,
a mot been so attended since Chilling
I ton Park had seen her under hands OF
| Ms6eroisele Charlottesville and ANY
were laughingly putting some finishing
ID their costumes in dressing room and
the former had prettily adjusted in her
dark braids snd cOllarette of lace SONS
simple almond-scented blossoms and
maldtn-hair ferns, to her own extreme
| satisfaction, when there came g knock 81
the door, and another maid appeared witt
pretty little basket Of psle-cream roses
with "Sjg Bsjsco's compliments to Mis-
Talbot"
pretty pointed, that-none for ne.''
said Amy, laughing; "but these will sui
your dress admirably. Shall | take GU
the sprays?n
"Dy no means" s2ii Melaine, with IN
concealed annoyance; II prefer the HOW
ers l have"
sac hsd received them that morning
from Lonsdsle.
"Poor Sir Brisco; ne will expect yoI
to wear his roses"
"For that very reason, as you yer
well know, WON'T" replied the wilfu
. beauty; and when they entered the draw
ing-room cloud came over the baronet'
smiling face on seeing that his floral gil
, had been neglected or rejected.
| The party WAS small but silent; tn